general knowledge

• Encyclopædia Britannica

The Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (Encyclopedia) is the most famous reference work in German language and was published by the publishing house F.A. Brockhaus until 2009. After more than 200 years, distribution of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie was discontinued in 2014, since when it has been published exclusively as online-edition.

• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

The Encyclopædia Britannica is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia and was first published in 1768 in Edinburgh. The Encyclopædia Britannica relies “upon both outside experts and its own editors with various subject-area proficiencies to write its entries, and has a long-held reputation for readability and accuracy.” In 2012, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced that future printings would be discontinued and replaced by digital products.